Khalīfah, Saḥar

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Name (Hebrew)
כליפה, סחר
Name (Latin)
Khalīfah, Saḥar
Name (Arabic)
خليفة، سحر، 1941-
Other forms of name
Khalifeh, Sahar
Khalifa, Sahar
Saḥar Khalīfah
חליפה, סחר
ח'ליפה, סחר
Date of birth
1941
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 14801041
Wikidata: Q441194
Library of congress: n 80001429
Old Aleph NLI id: 75555
Sources of Information
  • The Author's أصل وفصل, 2009.
  • LCN ; note: b. 1941
  • Her Lam naʻud jawāri lakum! 1974.
  • Her Wild thorns, 1985:
  • Her ha-Tsabar, 1978:
Wikipedia description:

Sahar Khalifeh (Arabic: سحر خليفة) (born 1941) is a Palestinian writer. She has written eleven novels, which have been translated into English, French, Hebrew, German, Spanish, and many other languages. One of her best-known works is the novel Wild Thorns (1976). She has won international prizes, including the 2006 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, for The Image, the Icon, and the Covenant. Khalifeh obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Birzeit University, Palestine.

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